Its a diversion though, a distraction, a waste of time and resource. The same as carbon capture and all that nonsense too. We just need more wind and solar. But big business doesnt make as mucb money from things that come freely, so hence the 'light cigarettes lobby'
Agree. It needs to be absolute zero.
I've been pondering this.
This is what we should strive for, to be islands or mini-grids, connected up to the main grid for backup. The rate at which PV panels (and batteries) are improving is simply stunning and it will soon allow even houses with modest roof real estate to produce most or all of their power. I bought some 400w panels a few years ago and they were not far off the best you could buy at the time. I see 600w panels for about 100eur now. Panels still are on the upwards part of the s curve and will just keep getting cheaper and more efficient for a long time to come. They are getting so cheap I see talks of a PV panel OPEC being formed to try to stop the price from dropping too low!!
No need for "trust me bro" on this, I know I stand on the right side of history on this.
Below backs up all the points made:
First an importantly the fact that even you know that Robinsons racism nearly collapsed an entire investigation.
To my point about justice being rightfully served
Operation Stovewood: Seven jailed for child abuse in Rotherham
The case is part of the Operation Stovewood inquiry into child abuse in Rotherham.www.bbc.co.uk
To my point about Starmer and the CPS, snapshots of an inquiry into his time which reflected on its shortcomings but Starmer striving to improve the outcome for victims (BTW I think Starmer is a pillock but he is not the only one who should carry the can for these historic abuses, Boris "the 60 inquiry is spaffed up the wall" has more to answer for):
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To my point about the victims lashing out at Musk for being the cnut he is:
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I stand with the victims of these things, not cnts like Robinson who twice almost made cases collapse. I would much prefer those being charged and tried to get whats coming to them than supporting a cnut who is endangering that process.........but yeh, its me thats using mental gymnastics.
You carry on supporting someone who has a history of domestic violence and has major associations with well known nonces (square that circle). Oh and someone who was complicit in the Eleanor Williams debacle where his involvement meant a load of innocent people were attacked and blamed for abuses because he marched into town and created uproar, only to find out that the whole thing was a lie.
An important note on the Eleanor Williams case which seems lost on prats like you, is that making stuff up and or racing to conclusions on cases based on ethnicity and colour of the skin of people does absolutely nothing to help the actual victims of genuine crime, in fact it makes it 10x harder, not that you care about fair justice yourself
So yeah I don't think he is helpful to the cause
Lets not lie here and pretend you care about the victims of this or any other abuse anyway because that would be a massive lie
I think its a generalisation to say big business are against green energy. Green energy is one of the go-to investment and growth opportunities and those that manage to establish a significant market share in it are obviously more set up for the future.
You can't fix it. I'm not sure you really understand what I'm getting at, yeah, they can increase beds a bit but beds and monitoring equipment and everything else that goes with them are expensive. And then you have to have the staff to monitor them and use them.
Carole Cadwalladr is also part of the danger because she is as you say and very good speaker and very detailed and convincing in how she puts information across. She has developed a large following who religiously quote her work and she is regularly given a platform on places such as TED and in broadsheet newspapers like The Observer to articulate her views.
It is just a tool that can be used for good or bad. Lies and propoganda are not new. Hitler managed to convince an entire nation of his world view. Social media allows lies and propoganda to be distributed globally in real time but also allows that information to be countered in real time.
Agree but its def those things on steroids and the issue is and the point I am probably more getting at is also no one cares about the facts once the lies are out. I probably spend more time on twitter than I should, but you only have to see facts being countered with more lies OR my favourite when people want to counter black and white fact they post a Joe Rogan episode where a conspiracy theorist babbles on for an hour.......as their proof. Covid is probably the most famous recent incident where to a large % of the worlds population the facts don't matter which has a knock on because the take up on important vaccinations for kids is now having a massive negative impact on child health.
With social media the interesting debate around regulation is that regulation is *generally* driven by states or supranationional entities. Going back to the point about Meta stopping fact checking on FB, states have kind of washed their hands of it to an extent and told social media platforms that they need to regulate their own platforms. What you're seeing is a bit of a battle of wills now where Musk and others are saying f**k off, that's not our job.